Girl Group review – Rebel Wilson’s dreadful music comedy is a spice-free wannabe
The actor turned writer-director’s ode to girl groups is a shoddily made and embarrassingly unfunny catastrophe
Extended reality takes visitors from the ruins of West Bank to 17th-century Amsterdam at Venice Immersive
From frivolous to serious, virtual nosy passersby to the impact of climate change, the groundbreaking festival draws to a close – but this year the exhibits live on
The Guide #260: From Oasis to K-pop, music is going mad for the big-screen documentary
A new wave of concert films and career retrospectives is drawing fans to cinemas – but why now?
From Practical Magic 2 to Saturday Night Live UK: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Bullock and Kidman try to put a second spell on you in the fantasy comedy sequel, while the topical sketch show returns after a well-regarded debut
Last Seen to Angine de Poitrine: the week in rave reviews
Patrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in a propulsive new drama, and the microtonal polka-dotted alien duo return to the live stage. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews
Faith review – intense performances power startling and unsettling tale of mysterious suitor
Erin Doherty plays a happily single mother in a downbeat town courted by an enigmatic James McAvoy in this expertly taut drama
River review – so-so survival slasher offers more of the same and little else
Strong performances from two experienced scream queens and some surprisingly thoughtful direction can’t elevate yet another stalk-by-numbers horror
The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival
Editorial: Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend
The Guardian view on art heists: don’t believe the Hollywood hype
Editorial: Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s theft of two Renoirs are an existential threat
The Housewife review – Naomi Watts is a secret suburban Nazi in an overcooked melodrama
The chilling true story of a woman who tried to hide from her wartime crimes gets turned into a strangely inert misfire
Gore, gimps and a potty-mouthed magpie: welcome to the Lisbon horror festival where nightmares are a dream
MotelX – Portugal’s only film festival dedicated to horror – hopes to inspire local film-makers by showcasing world-class scares. Now in its 20th edition, its directors say truly nerve-shredding cinema is its holy grail
‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing
Drawn Together review – preposterous romance with all the erotic charge of leaf mulch
The latest adaptation of Culpable trilogy author Mercedes Ron, about a ballet dancer and her security guard, has more holes than plot and chemistry that barely generates a spark
‘Danny Boyle, please make another film about drugs’: Venice film festival’s feedback wall takes no prisoners
The written forum allows members of the public to vent their fury at the movies they’ve seen – and the festival organisers
The History of Sound to In the Grey: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor star in a gorgeous love story that spans decades of yearning, while Guy Ritchie brings Jake Gyllenhaal and Henry Cavill together for a slick action caper